A medical report from Mbagathi Hospital has confirmed that teacher-cum-blogger Albert Ojwang was already dead by the time the police brought him in for medical attention on June 8.

According to the report, submitted to the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration, a medical officer at Mbagathi Hospital stated that Ojwang’s body was brought in at 2.00 am on Sunday, June 8 with no signs of life.

The information contradicts with earlier claims by the police that he was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

“The Medical Officer on call assessed the male and confirmed it to be a corpse brought in dead,” the report read in part. “Patient brought in dead, notification of death form filled and police advised to go to KNH police station and City Mortuary thereafter.”

Reports from the nurses who were there at the time revealed that Ojwang was oozing blood from the back of his head, mouth and eyes, indicating he may have suffered from physical harm prior to his death.

Through careful examination, it was found that he was not a patient in need of emergency care, but a deceased person brought from the Central Police Station.

The nurses present confirmed the body bore no signs of life upon arrival from his unresponsive state and absence of breathing.

The police had earlier claimed they discovered Ojwang’ unresponsive around 1:39 a.m. and rushed him to Mbagathi Hospital. However, the hospital’s report makes it clear that by the time he arrived, there was no hope of revival.

These discoveries by the hospital continue to raise questions about the death of Albert Ojwang, as it has fueled public outrage and calls for justice, as well as investigating the responsible police officers at Central Police Station.

CCTV tempering

Meanwhile, a 23-year-old technician who allegedly tempered with the CCTV system at the Central Police Station, where Ojwang’ was in custody, has been arrested.

Police say the technician was paid KSh3,000 to delete surveillance footage captured before and after Ojwang was booked at the station on June 7. He was arrested on Friday, June 13 morning from his residence in Saika, Nairobi County.

While appearing before the Senate Plenary on Wednesday, June 11, Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Vice-Chairperson told the senators that the Authority’s investigations had revealed that the CCTV system at one of the crime scenes had been tempered with.

On Thursday, June 12 while appearing before the National Assembly’s Security Committee, IPOA Chairperson Isaack Hassan said that digital video recorder (DVR) logs confirmed the hard drives were replaced and formatted on June 8 at exactly 7:23:29 and 7:23:48 a.m.

“Somebody called someone to switch off a particular section, but he said he could only shut down the entire system,” Hassan said.